A purity test she built for herself. A purity test she weaponizes against everyone else.

Disclaimer: I’m dumb and confused.

I fear that it’s become increasingly difficult to produce good satire in a cultural climate of constant outrage. I wonder if this might have something to do with the upcoming Saints Row game dialing it back and the fact that we still haven’t heard anything of substance about GTA VI.

There’s a fine line between satire and stereotype and GTA rarely comes out on the right side of that line. The portrayal of a few main characters does not negate the literal thousands of stereotypical Black and Latino NPCs. Take out the sophomoric generalizations and GTA is no longer GTA.  That said, I believe the…

“But there’s nothing “equal opportunity” about the position trans people hold in society right now. And unlike other random NPCs, the way Rockstar designed GTAV’s trans people actively plays into the hateful stereotypes harbored by many transphobic players.”

I’m a black male.

Would it be reasonable for me to ask Rockstar to cut out all black males out of the game just because someone posted a video of them going out to kill all the N*****s in the game?

I don’t get the point of this post. The GTA games are awful (but fun) on so many levels. There’s a reason I don’t even let…

I’ve genuinely had the game since PS3 and never noticed the trans sex workers, not a single time.

I don’t know if I agree. If the incident doesn’t hurt AB’s bottom line, why would they feel any market pressure to change? Why would other companies not look at the situation and say “well it didn’t really hurt them in the long run.” When your modus operandi is financial in nature, the only way to get through is to…

I find the hand-wringing around this one so weird. I get the exhaustion over these “Lady John Wick” films that have been pumping out already, but I found Kate to be a fun genre exercise: it is what it is, and while its doing nothing particularly new, it’s anchored by some stunning set pieces and an actress who handles…

I hate to break it to you, but the amount and frequency of use of English in every single American movie set outside the US is extremely out of alignment with anything resembling reality. Yes, even in the places where English is taught in school or is frequently known as a second language. Yes, even movies featuring…

In my experience most Japanese can’t hold a basic conversation in English, and even the ones who can will often avoid doing so because they fear misunderstandings or embarrassment. This is obviously less true of younger people, but for the most part it still applies.

That’s fascinating. I’m under the impression that the wide majority high school students in Japan speak English in the same way that high school students in America speak French, which is to say absolutely terribly.

I understand how NFTs can be bad for the environment and how the nature of what they are and the sky-high prices some NFT artworks were selling for at auction could lead to reasonable ethical concerns.

Well do you want a slow death or a hurried one!

Yeah, living through this stuff in real time is much less entertaining... and exhaust AF if you’re lucky, lethal if you’re not.

I mean, it’s the same regime that killed dozens of millions of people due to politics and hast two ongoing genocides. This is pretty small stuff by their standards.

Also, Crypto is addressing the issues of power hungry mining. An example is Ethereum 2.0 moving from proof of work to proof of stake. So the impacts of mining and its effects on the environment are being addressed.

To be fair, anyone who pays MENSA is also a sucker. 

Besides issues like environmental impact from the tech, I still don’t see how this is any different from speculating on cards, comics or paintings.